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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.MARTHA WILLIAMS" <marthawilliams02@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:20:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Keep me aquinted asap and fill the appropriate form (Uk Nationa




Customer Service
17-19 cole Street,
baines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: UK/7146x4/99
Batch: Batch: 042/02xa192
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Dear Winner,

Compliments of the day to you once again. We are in receipt of your e-mail and we quite understood your content therein.As stated by you, we shall try and fish out the persons the swindled your money through the International Police department (INTERPOL).


You are therefore advise to forward there telephone number, e-mail address,Names and the lottery organisation.My office line has been off for some time because of my kind of work.You can still call me any morment from now.


NOTE: We have paid for the cost of transfer (C.O.T) and the VAT.

Make sure you do fill the appropriate form so as to direct you to the payable bank incharge of your transfer. Your welfare is our concern and have a most wonderful day.


Regards,
Martha Williams
Uk National Lottery Board.










Pepin Nagel <nagel_pepin3@germanmail.info> wrote:












Hallo there,

Sorry if I sound a touch insecure but may you please show me your mandate for this beforehand?

Several months ago I had transferred some money to a person who assured me of an offer almost identical as yours. She has still not responded my last 15 messages and this makes me skeptical about you.

I have had a long day at work so please just tell me in simple English.

Pepin


PS You should know that the phone number you supplied kept failing. Please give to me a workable number.




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UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION.
Customer Service /Foreign Claims Dept
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59..
UNITED KINGDOM.
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
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Dear Winner
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VERIFICATION PARTICULARS.
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Congratulations once again from all the staff here.Your e-mail nagel_=
pepin3@germanmail.info was randomly selected along with others from over =
125 600 websites on the INTERNET. Each email address was attached to a ti=
cket number. which was selected along with nine others as winners of $2 5=
00 000.00 in the second category. In order to verify your winnings we ne=
ed your particulars for record purposes.Attached here is a copy of our ve=
rifications form please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winn=
ings.Once again congratulations from all the staff.You are required to qu=
ote your ref batch serial numbers respectively for verification purposes =
.As soon as i receive your reply i will be directing you to were to claim=
your winnings and do not be skeptic and never you reply to any email com=
ing in the name of the Uk National lottery without the Uk National Lotter=
y Boards website.
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1. FULL NAMES:__________________________________________
2. DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________
3. SEX:__________________________
4. MARITAL STATUS:_____________________________________
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:___________________________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________________________________
7.OCCUPATION:______________ __________________________________
8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_/_________________________________________
9.DRIVERS LICENCE/INTERNATIONALPASSPORT__________________________
10.AMOUNT WON_____________________
11.DATE OF DRAW_____________________________
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You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

Warning!!!: Fraudulent e-mails are circulating that appear to be begi=
ng Uk National Lottery addresses but are not from The Uk Lottery.
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CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:
LAST WINNERS ON UK LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.
With Warm regards
Barrister MARTHA WILLIAMS. =20




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Copyright =A9 1994-2007 The Uk National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
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